Full Coverage: Gender
January 2006
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01/31/2006
Mina Swaminathan has been trying for over a year now to get the 120 agricultural universities in India introduce a short 18-hour module on gender issues in agriculture and rural livelihood, but without success. She says that the entire agricultural bureaucracy is gender insensitive.
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01/30/2006
INDIA FIGURES among the 10 largest countries where civil registration of births is incomplete there is a shortfall of about 10 per cent. It is also among the 10 largest countries that did not report economic activity by sex and age between 1995 and 2003, according to 'The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics,' a report brought out by the United Nations. Aarti Dhar offers her perspective of the report in The Hindu.
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01/27/2006
From the suffragettes and the garment workers who inspired the first International Women's Day to Rosa Parks and her allies in the civil rights movement, U.S. women have a long tradition of standing up for justice and peace, says CodePink founder Medea Benjamin. She calls on America's women to take a stand again and join CodePink's "Women Say No to War" campaign.
Read moreFrom: The Nation Magazine Related: [United States] [Gender] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Governance] [Conflict] [Peace] Image: Iraqi Women rallied for their rights in the new drafted constitution. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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01/27/2006
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01/26/2006
Statistics on women not only help to track their status but can also directly improve their circumstances, a United Nations report released on January 18, 2006 argues. The report recommends that governments gather and publicize more gender-disaggregated data.
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01/25/2006
Y llegamos a Caracas
..Fueron unas cuantas horas de vuelo, algunas tuvimos mįs, otras menos. Llegamos al aeropuerto tarde de noche y ya nos esperaban algunos voluntarios con sus camisetas rojas para ayudarnos a llenar formularios, ubicar transportes, cambios de monedas, etc. Subimos y bajamos cerros a oscuras, pasamos por barrios, calles vacķas, rutas cortadas y llegamos por fin a nuestros alojamientos. Vimos caras de siempre, caras nuevas y debo admitir por un lado la nostalgia de nosso querido Porto Alegre pero por otro lado esa expectativa que tiene que la sede del Foro Policéntrico sea en Venezuela, por esos vientos de cambio que soplan en esta tierra como en muchos otros paķses de nuestra América Latina.
Read moreRelated: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Education] [Social Exclusion] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Civil Society] [Democracy] Image: REPEM
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01/25/2006
As the first leg of this year's World Social Forum drew to a close in West Africa Monday, participants noted the decidedly "Afrocentric" focus of the event. Despite minor administrative glitches, participants discussed issues ranging from women's rights to the conflict in the Sudan, and shuttled between more than 800 events and activities.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Africa] [Development] [Population] [Poverty] [Economy] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Civil Society] [Conflict] Image: Outdoor Teach-In at World Social Forum India, July 2003 © Peter Armstrong
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01/25/2006
Sex education should be an integral part of every individual from birth to death irrespective of age as it deals with various aspects of human development including the thinking pattern and behaviour of an individual, said well known gynaecologist Dr Padmini Prasad
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Development] [Education] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Governance] [MDGs] |
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01/23/2006
About 60% of the citizens of Leskovac estimate that the competent state institutions are inefficient in processing of the criminal offence of violence in the family and that the state bodies lack the capacity to solve the problem, report the representatives of Zenski Centar (Women Centre) the results from a recent poll.
Read moreRelated: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Children] [Shelter & Housing] [Social Exclusion] [Gender] [Justice and Crime] |
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01/23/2006
Oko 60 odsto Leskovčana ocenilo je da su nadležne državne institucije neefikasne pri procesuiranju krivičnog dela nasilje u porodici, i da državni organi nisu u stanju da reše problem porodičnog nasilja, saopštili su predstavnici organizacije Ženski centar.
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01/23/2006
Projektligji kundėr dhunės nė familje, me propozim tė 20 mijė zgjedhėsve dhe njė grupi deputetėsh, i cili u diskutua nė komisionin parlamentar pėrmban: Kur nė marrėdhėniet familjare ligji bėhet me anė tė dhunės, qoftė kjo edhe psikologjike, viktima ka tė drejtė tė ngrejė zėrin. Nė raste tė tilla ka ndėshkim pėr dhunuesin(en) dhe mbrojtje tė posaēme pėr viktimėn. Projektligji parandalon dhe redukton dhunėn nė familje dhe garanton mbrojtjen ligjore tė tė dhunuarve.
Read moreRelated: [Albania] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Sexuality] Image: © Bujana Xhindoli
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01/22/2006
UNICEF is working with local organisations in quake-hit regions of Pakistan and is sending female healthcare teams to rural areas to meet the healthcare needs of the people. These healthcare teams have been specially trained in Islamabad.
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01/21/2006
The Delhi High Court stayed the operation of a circular issued by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in October, 2005, which made it mandatory for all affiliated schools in the country to provide free education to every single girl child of a parent from Class VI onwards.
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01/20/2006
Women surpass men in almost every measure of charitable behaviour, according to new research by Oxfam.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam Great Britain Related: [United Kingdom] [Gender] [Civil Society] Image: Trade Justice lobbyists with Coventry MP: key role for women activists © Gabrielle Hamm
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01/20/2006
The unprecedented appointment of women to key posts in the Tanzanian cabinet is just a beginning, argues Salma Maoulidi: "We must ensure that women...make a difference once in office...lest we fall victims to the 'See, women cant lead' rejoinder."
Read moreFrom: Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice Related: [Tanzania ] [Gender] |
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01/20/2006
A STRIKING aspect of this compilation of stories by 24 Pakistani women writers, is the candour, honesty and ease with which some of the writers handle the issue of sex and sexuality in contrast to the hypocrisy, awkwardness and double standards that engulf such issues in the entire Indian sub-continent. A review by Rasheeda Bhagat in The Hindu.
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01/20/2006
Women of India - Colonial and Post-Colonial Periods - This book is a monumental compilation comprising 24 contributors, spread, slightly over 600 pages, sweeping across two centuries, drawing together diverse disciplines and themes, but focussed on understanding the experience of gender in India. In a nutshell, the editor describes the underlying message of the volume as follows: "Gender [then] is about power. And, if it is about power it is about politics.
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01/19/2006
Anju Chhetri, born in a lower-middle class family in Biratnagar, in Nepal, was drawn towards women-oriented journalism when, as a student of history, she found that women were either excluded from historical accounts or grossly misrepresented. Understanding full well that she could not rewrite history in the absence of well-documented historical sources or the resources for historical research, she decided to write the 'history' that was available to her -in the form of journalism.
Read moreRelated: [Nepal] [Social Exclusion] [Gender] [Freedom of Expression] [Media] Image: © Heifer International
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01/18/2006
According to the Cro-Lesbians portal, the majority of negative experiences for the male homosexual community in Croatia are related to visits to psychologists, i.e. medical personal in public health institutions. These are the findings of the recent survey conducted by the Rijeka-based lesbian association Lori, in cooperation with Zenska Soba from Zagreb.
Read moreRelated: [Croatia] [Gender] [Sexuality] Image: © LORI
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